Moore v. State

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

Reginald Keith Moore was convicted of felony murder in the death of John Henry Lamar. Moore contends that the trial court should have suppressed his statement to police because he made a clear and unambiguous request for counsel. Because the trial court correctly concluded that Moore did not make an unambiguous request for counsel, we affirm.

1. The evidence presented at trial shows that Moore found his girlfriend, Sharon Brown, and Lamar together in bed, the two men fought, and Moore hit Lamar repeatedly with a lead pipe and killed him. Later that night, a police…